renouncement

Other forms: renouncements

Definitions of renouncement
  1. noun
    an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
    synonyms: renunciation
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    types:
    relinquishing, relinquishment
    a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.
    giving up, surrender, yielding
    a verbal act of admitting defeat
    type of:
    resignation
    the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.)
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